Nilantha P. Wickramaratne

3.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
19 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nilantha P. Wickramaratne is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nilantha P. Wickramaratne's work include Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (11 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (9 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (5 papers). Nilantha P. Wickramaratne is often cited by papers focused on Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (11 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (9 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (5 papers). Nilantha P. Wickramaratne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Nilantha P. Wickramaratne's co-authors include Mietek Jaroniec, Min Wang, Liming Dai, Jiantie Xu, Jian Liu, Shi‐Zhang Qiao, Shi Xue Dou, Lin Zhu, Songping D. Huang and Aimé Serge Ello and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Materials and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nilantha P. Wickramaratne

19 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular-based design and emerging applications of nanop... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2015 2015 2014 2013 2012 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Molecular-based design and emerging applications of nanoporous carbon spheres
    2015 866 citations Jian Liu, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. High‐Performance Sodium Ion Batteries Based on a 3D Anode from Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Foams
    2015 839 citations Jiantie Xu, Min Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Nitrogen Enriched Porous Carbon Spheres: Attractive Materials for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Adsorption
    2014 542 citations Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, Jiantie Xu et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
  4. Activated Carbon Spheres for CO2 Adsorption
    2013 413 citations Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, Mietek Jaroniec ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →
  5. Importance of small micropores in CO2capture by phenolic resin-based activated carbon spheres
    2012 386 citations Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, Mietek Jaroniec Journal of Materials Chemistry A profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nilantha P. Wickramaratne United States 15 1.6k 1.6k 1.5k 1.0k 478 19 3.5k
Jongkook Hwang South Korea 34 1.4k 0.9× 2.2k 1.4× 1.5k 1.0× 522 0.5× 281 0.6× 85 3.9k
Stalin Joseph Australia 23 952 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 489 0.5× 338 0.7× 49 2.6k
Jang Mee Lee South Korea 32 955 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.6× 587 0.6× 378 0.8× 72 4.1k
Zailei Zhang China 31 1.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 360 0.4× 407 0.9× 55 3.3k
Jiugang Hu China 40 1.5k 1.0× 3.9k 2.4× 867 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 598 1.3× 143 5.2k
Wenpei Kang China 40 2.5k 1.6× 4.2k 2.6× 1.6k 1.1× 483 0.5× 177 0.4× 96 5.1k
Ji Chul Jung South Korea 36 872 0.5× 539 0.3× 2.5k 1.6× 732 0.7× 832 1.7× 152 3.8k
Fen Xu China 36 2.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 2.1k 1.4× 310 0.3× 375 0.8× 149 4.1k
Sourindra Mahanty India 33 1.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.6× 1.2k 0.8× 305 0.3× 165 0.3× 75 3.4k
Hongxun Yang China 37 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 291 0.3× 170 0.4× 93 3.7k

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Ghimire, Pramila, et al.. (2019). Polyvinyl pyrrolidone-assisted synthesis of size-tunable polymer spheres at elevated temperature and their conversion to nitrogen-containing carbon spheres. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 549. 162–170. 17 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P., et al.. (2019). Prussian blue-assisted one-pot synthesis of nitrogen-doped mesoporous graphitic carbon spheres for supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(38). 22092–22102. 17 indexed citations
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Ghimire, Pramila, Chamila Gunathilake, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, & Mietek Jaroniec. (2017). Tetraethyl orthosilicate-assisted synthesis of nitrogen-containing porous carbon spheres. Carbon. 121. 408–417. 43 indexed citations
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Jaroniec, Mietek, et al.. (2016). Aqueous synthesis of bimodal mesoporous carbons and carbon-silica mesostructures under basic conditions. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 226. 299–308. 8 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P. & Mietek Jaroniec. (2015). Ordered mesoporous carbon–titania composites and their enhanced photocatalytic properties. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 449. 297–303. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Jian, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, Shi‐Zhang Qiao, & Mietek Jaroniec. (2015). Molecular-based design and emerging applications of nanoporous carbon spheres. Nature Materials. 14(8). 763–774. 866 indexed citations breakdown →
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Дударко, О. А., Chamila Gunathilake, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of mesoporous silica-tethered phosphonic acid sorbents for uranium species from aqueous solutions. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 482. 1–8. 40 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiantie, Min Wang, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, et al.. (2015). High‐Performance Sodium Ion Batteries Based on a 3D Anode from Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Foams. Advanced Materials. 27(12). 2042–2048. 839 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P. & Mietek Jaroniec. (2014). Facile synthesis of polymer and carbon spheres decorated with highly dispersed metal nanoparticles. Chemical Communications. 50(82). 12341–12343. 17 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P., Jiantie Xu, Min Wang, et al.. (2014). Nitrogen Enriched Porous Carbon Spheres: Attractive Materials for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Adsorption. Chemistry of Materials. 26(9). 2820–2828. 542 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P. & Mietek Jaroniec. (2013). Activated Carbon Spheres for CO2 Adsorption. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 5(5). 1849–1855. 413 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P., et al.. (2013). A highly efficient and extremely selective intracellular copper detoxifying agent based on nanoparticles of ZnMoS4. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(3). 257–261. 9 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P. & Mietek Jaroniec. (2013). Tailoring microporosity and nitrogen content in carbons for achieving high uptake of CO2 at ambient conditions. Adsorption. 20(2-3). 287–293. 39 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P., et al.. (2013). Cysteine-Assisted Tailoring of Adsorption Properties and Particle Size of Polymer and Carbon Spheres. Langmuir. 29(12). 4032–4038. 47 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P., et al.. (2013). Graphitic Mesoporous Carbons with Embedded Prussian Blue-Derived Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Soft Templating and Low-Temperature Graphitization. Chemistry of Materials. 25(14). 2803–2811. 68 indexed citations
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Souza, Luiz K.C. de, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, Aimé Serge Ello, et al.. (2013). Enhancement of CO2 adsorption on phenolic resin-based mesoporous carbons by KOH activation. Carbon. 65. 334–340. 133 indexed citations
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P. & Mietek Jaroniec. (2012). Importance of small micropores in CO2capture by phenolic resin-based activated carbon spheres. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1(1). 112–116. 386 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wickramaratne, Nilantha P. & Mietek Jaroniec. (2012). Adsorption and structural properties of ordered mesoporous carbons synthesized by soft-templating in the presence of boric acid and tetraethyl orthosilicate. RSC Advances. 2(5). 1877–1877. 14 indexed citations

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